After spending more than a week at Florida, I am in a state of refusing to go home. Our plan was to head over Miami and explore the city. But after spending a day at the serene Pompano Beach, I am content to wallow over whatever worries we have at the present.
It did occur to me that I can move here so I can have access to the beach and warm weather all year round. It is in mainland and totally accessible by car. We finally found another alternative to Hawaii.
The beach has nice fine sand that were rock free with occassional sea weeds. It has a strong current but safe enough to swim with a boogie board. There were beach rentals in the area anything from beach chairs, umbrellas or wave runners.
The downside was the seediness of its neighboring town. After a trip to a local wal-mart, you get a feeling that you want to be away this town as soon as possible. It is also prone to annual hurricanes that it is not unusual to evacuate.
Yikes. I guess moving here is out of the question. We are still staying in New Jersey after all.
Expect us to come back year if by any chance we won't be able to fly back to Honolulu.
We got to Pompano beach on a Friday night. It was pretty quiet and did not have the nightlife of Miami Beach. The following morning, I woke up to yachts that were lined up nose to nose from the shore. I would assume that residents in Florida has a boat as a second means of transportation. Boating is huge here.
Pompano Beach is half hour away from either Fort Lauderdale or Miami. You need a car (or a boat?) to get around this area.
It did occur to me that I can move here so I can have access to the beach and warm weather all year round. It is in mainland and totally accessible by car. We finally found another alternative to Hawaii.
The beach has nice fine sand that were rock free with occassional sea weeds. It has a strong current but safe enough to swim with a boogie board. There were beach rentals in the area anything from beach chairs, umbrellas or wave runners.
The downside was the seediness of its neighboring town. After a trip to a local wal-mart, you get a feeling that you want to be away this town as soon as possible. It is also prone to annual hurricanes that it is not unusual to evacuate.
Yikes. I guess moving here is out of the question. We are still staying in New Jersey after all.
Expect us to come back year if by any chance we won't be able to fly back to Honolulu.
The view when I wake up in the morning.
Too cheap to rent beach chairs.
We got to Pompano beach on a Friday night. It was pretty quiet and did not have the nightlife of Miami Beach. The following morning, I woke up to yachts that were lined up nose to nose from the shore. I would assume that residents in Florida has a boat as a second means of transportation. Boating is huge here.
Pompano Beach is half hour away from either Fort Lauderdale or Miami. You need a car (or a boat?) to get around this area.
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